PHU QUY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THE FIRST SEMESTER TEST
……………………. SECONDARY SCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR: 2014 – 2015
NAME:………………………………………. SUBJECT: ENGLISH 8
CLASS:……… TIME: 45 MINUTES
(Not including the handout-time)

Marks


I. Language focus (5ms)
A. Choose the best answer (2ms).
1. I used ________ to school when I was in grade 1.
A. walk B. walked C. walking D. to walk
2. Odd one out:
A. sociable B. outgoing C. character D. generous
3. Anna should _______ more time on her English grammar.
A. spends B. spend C. spending D. to spend
4. Many people believe well-paying _____ are plentiful in the city.
A. jobs B. job C. work D. business
5 We ________ in this city for five months.
A. has lived B. have lived C. lived D. live.
6. He often looks at _________ in the mirror.
A. herself B. myself C. himself D. yourself
7. Miss Lan has long straight black ______.
A. head B. heart C. hand D. hair
8. Ba loves ________ broken glasses.
A. gathered B. gathering C. gather D. gathers
B. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group (1m).
1.A. list B. underline C. highlight D. night
2.A. proud B. pronoun C. around D. enough
3.A. brother B. necessary C. semester D. mother
4.A. meaning B. heart C. eat D. speak
C. Give the correct form of the capitalized words (1m.)
1. Her father soon died of a……………heart. (BREAK)
2. Everyone was……………at the soccer match. (EXCITE)
3. …………………….is necessary in learning words. (REVISE)
4. There wasn’t any……………………in our village ten years ago. (ELECTRIC)
D. Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting (1m).
1. He lives on 26 Tran Phu Street in Ha Noi with his family. A B C D
2. It is not safe leaving small objects around the house.
A B C D
3. My sister uses to play tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now.
A B C D
4. They is planning to raise funds for the poor.
A B C D
II. Reading(2.5ms)
A. Read then complete the passage with the words given (1m)

farm and up vegetables

Many people believe that life on a farm is very quiet and easy, but it is very hard. I myself have lived on a _________ (1) for nearly twenty years. You must get ______(2) early, feed the chickens ___________(3) the cows, water the flowers and _______________(4) do a lot of gardening and then work in the field. But my aunt likes this way of life and so do all her children.
B. Read the passage then answer the questions (1.5ms)
Do you have any close friends? I have two close friends, Thu and Mai. We are in the same class at secondary school. Thu is a beautiful girl with black eyes and an oval face. She is an intelligent student who is always at the top of the class. She likes reading in the library. Mai isn’t as beautiful as Thu, but she has a lovely smile and looks very healthy. Mai is very sporty. She is a volleyball star of our school. She is sociable and has a good sense of humor. I love both of my friends and I always hope our friendship will never die.
* Questions:
1. Do you have any close friends?
-> ………………………………………………………………………
2. What does Thu look like?
-> ………………………………………………………………………
3. Who is sociable?
-> ………………………………………………………………………
III. Writing (2.5ms)
A. Complete the sentences using the words given (1m).
1. I/ be/ proud of/ my sister/ because/ she/ always/ study/ well.
→…………………………………………………………….
2. Yesterday/ my mother/ tell/ me/ to /spend/ more time/ History.
→………………………………………………………………………
B. Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech beginning as shown.(1.